Recent Articles by
Caroline Newman
April 14, 2016
The 95 members of the University Singers have represented UVA around the world, performing some of the most challenging choral pieces in the musical canon. On Saturday, they will again take the stage at UVA.
April 13, 2016
Winners of the 2016 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals – the highest external honors bestowed by the University – shared their remarks as part of the 2016 Founder’s Day festivities celebrating Jefferson’s birthday at UVA and Monticello.
April 07, 2016
On April 13 – Thomas Jefferson’s birthday – UVA will join the Thomas Jefferson Foundation for Founder’s Day celebrations, including the presentation of the University’s highest external honors, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals.
April 07, 2016
Students modeled two versions of the iconic Rotunda dome: Thomas Jefferson’s original wooden design, inspired by a whirlwind tour of Paris with the enchanting Maria Cosway; and a tiled version designed after the catastrophic 1895 fire.
April 05, 2016
UVA students joined families in the Westhaven public housing community to co-design gardens that are customized to each family’s needs, allowing them to grow fresh food and flowers right outside their home.
March 30, 2016
The Dave Matthews Band will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a special benefit concert at the John Paul Jones Arena on May 7, with all proceeds donated to Charlottesville charities through the band’s Bama Works Fund.
March 29, 2016
Joe Brookover and Mohamed Ismail beat out many professionals to earn top honors in a regional design competition, with entries that reimagine cultural life in vibrant capital cities on opposite sides of the globe.
March 28, 2016
Knot Standard makes luxury custom suits more accessible for the average guy, using technology far above average. So far, the tailored approach is working beautifully: Inc Magazine named Knot Standard as 2015’s fastest-growing menswear brand.
March 28, 2016
Hawkins, whose decision to wear a hijab in support of Muslim women caused controversy at Wheaton College, is the inaugural holder of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture’s Abd el-Kader Fellowship, named for an Islamic leader who sheltered Christians from massacre.
March 24, 2016
Students in UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce, who visited Cuba just ahead of President Obama’s first official visit, learned about how the country’s isolation forced it to develop more sustainable agricultural and business practices.